Cognitive Development

Initial Thoughts and Questions: Please discuss the following questions with one other person and be prepared to share with the larger group.

1. Are you familar with today's topic? Where and in what context have you heard about this topic?
2. What is your understanding of this topic?
3. How, if at all, do you think it relates to Inquiry Instruction? How would it effect lessons and instruction?
4. Any other thoughts on this topic?

Follow up Questions after the lesson:

1. What is still unclear about this topic?
2. What new questions do you have about this topic?

Notes on the Topic:

• Cognitive Developmental Stages in Students
  • Piaget and Piaget's 4 Stages
  • Perry and Perry's 4 Posistions
    • Example of different positions within one individual - Rae at home vs outside
  • 5 ways of Knowing from Women's Way of Knowing
    
    • Good Review of Women's way of Knowing by Belenky et al.

1. What is similar and different between these schemes?
2. How fixed and sequencial are theses stages?

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